Naked implies without clothing, but for "traditional" (snicker, no reference to your last post) reasons like getting dressed or getting clean. However, nekkid implies that you've taken off your clothes and are somehow up to no good.

lol! donna is so right--that crazy coat lady would've called 911 if she'd seen them. sounds like you've got some warm-blooded kids who might not need clothing. perhaps they're more evolved than the rest of us? :-)

When I was about 8 yrs old (we lived in the boonies), I complained to my mother about having to wear my shirt while my brothers could get by with not having to wear their shirts in summer when it was hot. My mother gently explained that was just the way it was, and as oldest girl I had to avoid the ringleader effect, as well. Boys had all the fun at that age! It sounds, though, that no one felt compelled to ask ahead of time whether they could jump on the trampoline without their shirts or other garments.

However, however, in December when I was a kid, snow was up to the eaves (could slide off the pitched roof), so jumping naked probably wouldn't have been an issue unless we lived near a hot springs;)

Clearly a demonstration of their brilliance: the clothes must have created excess friction and drag, hence creating an inverse clothes-fun relationship. Why not just get them some of those NASA-designed full-body swimsuits our Olympians wear and applaud their commitment to fluid dynamics?

I know what you mean - I used to get in trouble all the time for taking my shirt off when playing in the summer. The neighbours were quite scandalized but didn't usually say anything. Hey, at least I kept my panties on when we went swimming.

I blame my parents. When we were even younger, they used to throw us girls into the bathtub with the neighbour boys when we all trooped in covered in mud after a hard day of playing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't bat an eye at anything his kids come up with. We've given my daughter what we lovingly call her "Indian name." She is referred to in our home as: "Rides bike with eyes closed."

When she received her first "big girl" bike, she thought it would be fun to ride down our driveway with her eyes closed. We live in the country and have large lawn mowers called horses. So, we have barbed wire on either side of our fairly wide driveway. One day, she decided it would be fun to try and ride her bike down the driveway with her eyes closed. I don't think I need to paint a picture of what followed.

I have to give her credit. She never cried. Never shed a tear. She just came in the house with a big gash on her thigh and said in her proudest voice, "Hey, mommy, look what I did!"

There at the top of her right thigh was a gash about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch deep. I almost fainted. Some nine years later, she still wears her scar proudly.

Sounds like they are free spirits...not bogged down by rules and regulations...yet. Too bad you didn't take pictures for later years...however..just bringing up the story when they are teens will mortify them.

As soon as I read this, it reminded me of my older sister and brother. When they were young my mom caught them outside playing without their clothes. They told mom that the wind blew them off. That story cracks us up to this day. Yep kids really do that!!

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